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That’s not true and it’s pretty easy to verify.
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You are looking at old Soviet info - things have changed. I said 260,000, but its actually 280,000

Here’s the latest numbers as of July 2020
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/IF11603.pdf

The navy figure is 20,000 Naval Infantry

There are some 380,000 in the Russian National Guard but they are tasked with internal and border issues. Some have been seen in the Ukraine.

Spetsnaz are another 20,000. But this might be double counting as reformations since 2020 have incorporated some into the RGF and others into the National Guard.

Also the types an name of formations have changed - the BTG name you see repeated was an idea that Sergei tried to implement, but since he never served in the Army, it was rejected and now resides solely in the minds of westerners. The Orcs have gone back to Army, Division, Regiment, Battalion and Company. How many people in each is something that even the commanders don’t know - things are a mess.

If the Orcs had the troop numbers you cite, they would have overwhelmed the UA a month or more ago.

And before you go off on tank numbers - the truth is they had at the start about 2,500 working tanks. The rest are mostly stripped out and rusted hulks.
Here’s a video by a guy who researched this entire issue.

How Many Tanks Does Russia Really Have? And Where Are They?
Includes a brief description of Orc military unit conventions and example of how one unit had several name changes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHhgVrKJJoA&t=619s